Railroad-track.



No; 808,439. PATENTED OUT, 31, 1905.

' E. F. SEIDER.

RAILROAD TRACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1905 llillllll lll w EDWIN FSE'JDER g wl MATTORNEYS EDWIN FREDERICK SEIDER, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.

RAI LROAD-TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed January 18,1905. erial No. 241,676.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN FREDERICK SEI- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Upper Sandusky, in the county of VVyandot andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRailroad-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in railroadtracks; and it consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a portion of atie-plate and rail in connection with rail-securing devices. Fig. 2shows a somewhat different form of pawll Fig. 3 is a sectional elevationshowing a different form of rail-clasp and a somewhatdifferentarrangement of spike and pawl, and Fig. 4; is a detail perspective viewof the railclasp shownin Fig. 3.

My invention relates generally to that class of rail-securing devicesshown in my former application for patent, Serial No. 233,509, filedNovember 19, 1904, in which the rail-supporting plate has aspike-opening and a pawl is arranged at its free end or point to lockthe spike when driven through the said opening. In the present inventionI employ a pawl arranged at its free end to lock the spike, and I alsoemploy in connection with the spike a pawl and clasp having a portionpassed through an opening in the rail-supporting plate and provided withupper and lower portions, the upper portion engaging the rail-base andthe lower portion engaging below the railsupporting plate, the spikebeing arranged to secure the said rail-clasp in engagement with the railand its supporting-plate, as shown.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the rail A rests on the plate B,which latter is provided at O with an opening adjacent to the base A ofthe rail, or, in other words, adjacent to the seat for the rail-base. Inthis construction the rail-clasp D is made in approximately U shape,having an intermediate portion D passing through the opening O in theplate B, the upper portion D engaging over the rail-base A and the lowerportion D engaging below the plate B. In this construction the spike Eoperates to hold the rail-clasping plate D in engagement with therail-base A and the plate B, and in the construction shown in Fig. 1 thespike bears directly against the outer side of the clasp D, the openingin the plate B being large enough to receive the clasp D, the spike E,and the upturned hook F on the pawl-carrier F. As shown, the plate B isre-turned at B at its outer end, and this re-turned portion B laps uponthe outer portion of the plate B and is provided at its inner end withan opening which registers with the opening C and permits the passage ofthe clasp D, the spike E, and the hook F, as will be understood fromFig. 1 of the drawings. The pawl G is secured at Or to the carrier F andis arranged with its point or free end G engaging with the spike E whenthe latter is driven home, as shown in Fig. 1. In this construction anopening at b is provided in the side plate of the tie adjacent to thepoint of the pawl G for the insertion of the instrument whereby to freethe pawl from engagement with the spike whenever it is desired torelease the said spike for any reason.

It will be understood that the spike E is driven between the clasp D andthe hook F and operates to secure both said parts in place, the spikebeing in turn locked by the pawl G, as will be understood from Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

In Fig. 3 I. show a somewhat different construction of rail-clasp, aswell as a different arrangement of the spike and the pawl-carrier. Inthis construction the rail-clasping plate H is provided at its inner endwith portions H and H the parts H lapping upon the outer edge of therail-base and the part H lying between the upper parts H and beingarranged to engage beneath the rail-supporting plate, the latter havingan opening 6 through which the intermediate portion it of therail-clasping plate projects. This railclasping plate H is engaged atits outer end by the hook-like portion F of the pawl-carrier F, disposedthrough the opening Win the rail-supporting plate. near the outer end ofthe latter and held in engagement with the rail-clasping plate by thespike E, the pawl G locking the spike in place, as will be understoodfrom Fig. 3, the specific construction of the rail-clasping plateH beingbest shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Manifestly, this constructionshown in Figs. 8 and 4 may be employed when desired in lieu of thatshown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 2 I show the pawl g made integral with and bentfrom the pawl-carrying plate g, the latter having a hook 9 by which itmay be held in engagement with the rail-supporting plate, as will beunderstood from the preceding description.

In applying the construction shown in Fig. 1 the clasp or clamp D andthe hook F may be inserted through the opening C in the railsupportingplate and the spike be driven between them to secure them both 1n place.The returned portion B of the plate B hearing against the outer edge ofthe rail-base will operate to prevent any spreading of the rails, as itforms a shoulder for the rails to bear against.

In carrying out the construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 it isobvious that the number of upper jaws or portions H and H may beincreased as may be desired and as many employed as deemed necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent. is-

1. The combination substantially as herein described of therail-smaporting plate having an opening adjacent to its rail-seat, therailclasping plate having a portion passing through the said opening andportions to engage above the rail-base, and below the supporting-plate,the pawl carrier having a hooked portion projecting through said openingin the rail-supporting plate at the opposite side of the same from therail-clasping plate, the spike arranged between the said hooked portionof the )awlearrier and railclasping plate, and a pawl carried by thepawl-carrier and arranged at its free end or point to lock the spike,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the rail and its supporting-plate having anopening ad acent to the rail-seat, of the rail-clasping plate having aportion passing through the opening in said plate and portions engagingabove and below the rail-base. the spike securing said rail-claspingplate in engagement with the rail and its supporting-plate, and a pawlarranged at its free end or point to lock the spike when driven throughsaid opening, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the rail, the railsupporting platehaving anopening adjacent to the rail-seat, the U-shape rail-clasping platefitting in said opening and engaging above the rail-base and below therail-supporting plate, the spike securing the railclasping plate inengagement with said parts, and the pawl for locking the spike,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the rail, the railsupporting plate having anopening adjacent to the rail-base, a rail-clasp fitting in said opening,a pawl-carrier also fitting in said opening, a spike securing both therail-clasp and the pawl-carrier in place in the opening, and the pawlcarried by the pawl-carrier and locking the spike, substantially as setforth.

EDVIN FREDERICK SEIDER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE J. STECHER, CHARLES E. STING.

